[Source](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34994728/nike-relationship-kyrie-irving-likely-phil-knight-says)
>The relationship between Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving and Nike is likely severed for good, the shoe giant’s co-founder told CNBC.
>”I would doubt that we go back,” co-founder Phil Knight said in an interview that aired Thursday. “But I don’t know for sure.”
>Nike announced last Friday that it has “suspended” its relationship with Irving and canceled its plans to release his next signature shoe, part of the massive fallout that followed his tweeting a link to a film containing antisemitic material.
by lopea182
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Kyrie gonna lead an undercover film crew to their sweatshops. This is some ridiculous pot calling kettle black shit
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it best be after all the virtue signaling they’ve done on every other social justice issue. if this is where they draw the line then ya gotta ask questions. is nike run by literal fucking nazis? reddit libs might think so
Just waiting for the announcement of Kyrie/Kanye new brand partnership.
In the end it will come down to whether Kyrie shoes were profitable enough for them to weather this PR negativity. If yes, Kyrie 100% will be back with Nike. If not, he gone.
yet they use slaves to make their clothes. Can’t make this shit up lol.Its like a sourh park episode
“Star”
Nike is not in a position to talk about others “stepping over the line”
Nike be like: “If you mistreat any culture west of Israel we will cut ties with you”
They just released the new Kyrie Flytrap model.
He’ll end up signing with a Chinese brand, I’m sure of it.
So Nike has already manufactured tens of thousands of Kyrie’s new shoe that was supposed to launch this month.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if they just gave those shoes away at cost like companies do with the Super Bowl losing-team merch?
In a month you see all these happy kids in Africa wearing brand new Kyrie 8s lol
Gonna be wild when the next Jan.6 happens and all those lame ass old white dudes are gettin a fit off in Kyries
They barely wanted to keep him after the whole vaccine fiasco.. it’s just that his sneakers are too damn popular.. but this latest thing prob just made them say fuck it
Buck breaking
>”I would doubt that we go back,” co-founder Phil Knight said in an interview that aired Thursday. “But I don’t know for sure.”
I think we all know, Phil.
I’d be shocked if it was the Kyrie line is consistently a top seller
It’s been seemed this way since last year tbh
Recent Kyrie news was just an extra reason
They were looking for a reason. Kyrie been on his bs with them for a while now
Sketchers guards in shambles
Holy fuck with the whataboutism here. Using child labor is bad, but that doesn’t mean you have to support anti-semitism. Supporting an antisemite isn’t going to do shit to help those kids and you all know it. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Grow up
Likely? Why would a billion dollar corporation even think about putting up with someone with such little impact on their profits
It’s worthwhile to note that Phil Knight no longer has a day to day relationship with Nike, and the company has been trying to distance themselves from him as well due to his [attempted ratfucking](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/03/nike-phil-knight-christine-drazan-tina-kotek) of our most recent election.
Wonder if Phil feels salty because he dumped millions into the Oregon Governor race and his candidate still lost.
Free Kyrie
And the video that started it all is still on amazon…disgusting how Kyrie is being treated.
Phil Knight tried to buy the Oregon Governor’s election. He can go fist himself.
what is the point of having contracts and shit if people can just pull out of them whenever they want lol?
Air Maxey’s?!?
Fuck Phil Knight. Hes just as bad if not worse than Kyrie. Hes been funding QAnon candidates all over Oregon and flushed hundreds of millions to unseat the Democratic Governor. Fuck him and fuck Nike
Nike didn’t sign Steph because they thought KD and Kyrie would be future faces of the league
I wonder how the Republican that he personally bankrolled feels about him engaging in “cancel culture”
Nike taking any kind of moral stance will always be hilarious to me. Huzzah for genocide and human rights violations!
Pretty rich coming from a guy who uses child/forced labor for his products .
I don’t ball anymore so whatever.
So Phil Knight can donate to Republicans and be as political as he wants yet Kyrie can’t retweet items sold on Amazon? Why do corporate leaders get to participate in the culture war but their employees get fired for it?
The Republican talk show circuit will welcome Kyrie with open arms
For sharing a documentary that’s STILL available on Amazon Video? This is ridiculous. The lengths the NBA and these companies are going to shun Kyrie from playing basketball is frightening and clear as day, yet everyone seems to cheer it on. Disgusting
Why are people looking for moral reasons here? Sweatshops make Nike money. The Kyrie brand has become so toxic that it will lose Nike money. It’s as simple as that.
Man, screw Kyrie…
…but I really liked his shoes! Not for aesthetic or flat-earth believes, but they are really good fit for my skinny ass feet.
Time to stock up?
Ok but I really wanted the next Kyrie shoe so that kinda sucks lol
The first Ja shoe is going to be whatever the next Kyrie shoe was going to be, but with Kyrie crossed out in sharpie